{"id":117690,"date":"2020-03-24T17:32:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=117690"},"modified":"2020-03-24T17:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T16:32:40","slug":"bauchi-governor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/bauchi-governor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi governor tests positive for coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has tested positive for coronavirus. The governor had gone into self-isolation after shaking hands with a son of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, who also tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, Mukhtar Gidado, senior special assistant to the governor on media, said Mohammed is currently under quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to inform the general public that the result of the Six initial tests carried out by the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) on His Excellency, Sen. Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, his family and aides that accompanied him to Lagos is out. Of the Six initial tests carried out, one sample was confirmed positive of COVID -19,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe positive result happened to be that of His Excellency Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point, it should be noted that the Governor is in self-isolation as his Doctors and officials from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have taken full charge of his quarantine. His Excellency, solicits for prayers from all and requests that all those who had contact with him or any one known to have the same medical condition to go for test immediately in order to avert further spread of the COVID -19 epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has tested positive for coronavirus. The governor had gone into self-isolation after shaking hands with a son of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, who also tested positive for the virus. In a statement on Tuesday, Mukhtar Gidado, senior special assistant to the governor on media, said Mohammed is currently under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":114564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,15,9,2],"tags":[9357,52563,49520],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bauchi governor tests positive for coronavirus | New Mail Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/bauchi-governor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bauchi governor tests positive for coronavirus | New Mail Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has tested positive for coronavirus. 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